How big is our subject? Brokering disciplinary and national cultures
Article Abstract:
The author compares the differences between German and US folklore studies, focusing on how American public folklorists were influenced by folk music. She recounts her attempts to teach "Effi Briest" to American students, and discusses the impact of cultural exchange when studying folklore.
Publication Name: Journal of Folklore Research
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0737-7037
Year: 1999
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Time and ourselves - the discomforts of reflexive disciplinary history: response to Wolfgang Kaschuba
Article Abstract:
The author argues against the usefulness of studying disciplinary history when evaluating folklore's impact on German and US society. She discusses current folklore study techniques, and criticizes the tendency to dichotomize folklore study into "academic vs. public."
Publication Name: Journal of Folklore Research
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0737-7037
Year: 1999
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Rome 2000; the eternal city celebrates the jubilee in grand imperial fashion. A cache of vintage ships
- Abstracts: A different history. Uncovering ancient Thailand. Picture perfect: how an ingenious former fashion photographer managed to capture on film the mind and spirit of the ancient Maya
- Abstracts: REU student Herbert Poepoe. REU student Nanibaa Beck. REU student Sonya Ashley
- Abstracts: Rituals of the modern Maya: a strong undercurrent of Precolumbian belief pervades much of today's religious practice
- Abstracts: American academic and public folklore: late-twentieth-century musings. Disengagement by engagement: Volkskunde in a period of change